Hosted Content Importer
Hosted Content Importer (HCI)
by Bimal Poudel · WordPress.org page · Website
Hosted Content Importer has 20+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,416 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 5, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.
Hosted Content Importer at a glance
Is Hosted Content Importer well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- analytics: ✔ implemented (Google Analytics)
- file: ✔ implemented (Read from local file)
- gist: ✔ implemented (Embed Gist Snippets)
- jotform: ✔ implemented (Embed Web Forms)
- markdown: ✔ implemented (Parse remote markdown files)
- qr: ✔ implemented
- youtube: ✔ implemented (Embeds a YouTube Video)
- database: Partially implemented, and left for developers
- url, api: Work in progress
- wikipedia: Work in progress, Strategy: Content JSON to Data Section
Hosted Content Importer reviews and ratings
2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Super useful
Exactly what I was looking for. A simple way for both Content teams & Dev teams to maintain separate content streams using Wordpress for basic editing, and Github hosted .md files from the development team for the nitty grity.
chrislachance -
Finally can embed github markdown!
Thanks so much for this plugin, Ive been looking all over for something like this! Great job!!
backwheelbates
Details
Embeds a remotely hosted content. Contributors can edit a tiny piece of your blog text externally, without having ANY access to your website.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- cached
- content
- embed
- external
- Gist
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- Version
- 3.0.3
- Last updated
- Dec 5, 2020
- First published
- Apr 17, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 4.0.0
- Tested up to
- 5.5.20
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Hosted Content Importer FAQ
What does Hosted Content Importer do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Hosted Content Importer offers analytics: ✔ implemented (Google Analytics), file: ✔ implemented (Read from local file), gist: ✔ implemented (Embed Gist Snippets), jotform: ✔ implemented (Embed Web Forms) and markdown: ✔ implemented (Parse remote markdown files).
How many active installs does Hosted Content Importer have?
WordPress.org reports 20+ active installs for Hosted Content Importer as of September 7, 2026.
Is Hosted Content Importer still maintained?
The last release was on December 5, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Hosted Content Importer free?
Hosted Content Importer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.